Ventilated eye-guard



l(NoA Model.)

' H. M. TILESTON.

VENTILATBD EYE GUARD.

.Nm 513,603. Patented Jan. 30,- 1894.

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HENRY MERRILL TILESTON,

VENTILATED OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

EYE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,603, dated January30, 1894.

Application tiled March 14, 1893.

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MERRILL TILE- sTON, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ventilated Eye-Guards, as set forth Ain the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspeciication, in which- Figure 1, is a front view of an eye-guardembodying my invention, showing a frame composed of liexible ventilatedmaterial; an outer rim of liexible substance and elongated centers orlenses of transparent or semi-transparent material held in position byan inner rim of iiexible material. Fig. 2. is a perspective view of asectional portion of Fig. 1, on the lines 1. 1', showing one manner ofconstruction.

My invention is to provide a iiexible eyeguard that is ventilatedbymeans employed in its construction which allows the air to circulatethrough the frame or portions there of,while protecting the weareragainst various annoyances, still, gives to the eye, unobstructed byframe material, full scope of vision.

My invention also consists of constructions which I shall fullyhereinafter describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same I will now describeits construction and indicatethe manner in which the same is carried out and its various uses.

Letters herein employed correspond with like letters in the drawings.

In the said drawings A represents the outer or marginal rim, constructedof longitudinal half round piecesof material or other suitable iieXiblematerial, between which or to which the edges of the ventilated iexiblematerial (l are held, being riveted, sewed or by other suitable meansheld in position. The inner rims A', surrounding the elongated flexiblecenters or flexible lenses B, may be constructed of the same material asthe marginal rim A or of other suitable material which will hold SerialNo. 465,935. (No model.)

gether by rivets a, a, a, or sewed, or by other means `fastened to Vtheventilated portion ot the frame.

The ventilated portion of the frame holding the elongated centers orlenses may be of any perforated orv porous substance which will permitthe circulation of air and yet obstruct partially or entirely thepassage of dust, insects or other substances liable to annoy or doinjury to the wearer and I employ such material as hair cloth, wiregauze, perforated sheet metal, or other suitable iiexible material.

The lenses may be transparent or semitransparent of any flexible natureand if desired waterproof I use mica, iiexible glass, or other suitablematerial. However it is not essential at all times to employ the use ofWaterproof material in which event I use veiling, wire gauze, boltingcloth or other suitable material for the centers.

The centers or lenses are elongated to cover beyond the outer corners ofthe eye, thus enabling the wearer to obtain full scope for the use ofthe eye without necessitating turning the head.

The eye-guard is held in position in front of fthe eyes by means ofelastic cord or suity able fastenings attached to the sides at b or bymeans of the ordinary spectacle boW with fasteningadapted to apply whenthe eye-guard lshould be reversed.

Due allowance must be made in construction for the eye-guard to conformto the features of the face.

The eye-guard may be made to cover Vthe nose, earsor other portions ofthe face if desired.

The eye-guard is adapted to many uses, as a protection against dirt,dust, cinders, insects, glare V4ot' the sun, snow, sleet, and othersubstances found in the atmosphere and is of great convenience totravelers, invalids, laborers, iishermen, hunters, horsemen, and otherswhose occupation or pursuits require prol tection for the eyes.

With the Ventilating frame this eye-guard relieves the wearer from thediscomforts found in many other devices used for this purpose. Thelenses or centers can be made of any degree of transparency thus restingthe IOO Weakeyes and the construction of the eyeguard is such that itcan be reversed or an interchange of lenses and centers made if desired.

Having thus described my invention, which is simple, useful, durable,and a comfortable guard for the protection of the eyes, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flexible ventilated eye-guard consisting of an outer flexible riminclosing a HeXible ventilated frame surrounding the orbital spacehaving ieXible lenses secured thereto in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as described.

2. A exible ventilated eye-guard consisting of an outer flexible riminclosing a flexible ventilated inner frame surrounding the orbitalspace having inter-changeable flexi- HENRY MERRILL TILESTON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. UPToN, R. S. BARNHILL.

